This festival is held on May 3 and 4 during the Golden Week holidays. People parade through streets, some wearing costumes and others performing "Teodori (Hand Dance)."

This festival, a signature summer event, lasts four days. The festival’s highlight is the great taiko (Japanese drum) performance, which is held on the third day at Kokura Castle.

One of the best events of its kind, the Arita Ceramics Fair attracts more than a million pottery lovers each year, along with the opening of about 600 shops.

One of the largest international hot-air balloon festivals in Asia. Hot-air balloons in myriad colors hover in the sky over Saga.

This annual festival is a showcase for 400 varieties of tulips. The town in Huis Ten Bosch is filled with a million flowers.

An event for Japan-South Korea exchanges. The youth group plans and operates it, while the local government and citizens get together to hold the event.

Himojiyaki (flaming characters) in Aso. At this event, the local performance handed down since the early days of Aso is shown.

This is known as a summer fantasy festival in Yamaga City in Kumamoto, where people dance gracefully wearing gold paper lanterns on their heads.

Hina dolls and tools that remain in the old families of Hita City are displayed to the public. You will be surprised at the splendor that has been handed down from generation to generation, from the Edo era till the present day.

An onsen (hot spring) festival showcasing the spring in Beppu. The main street in front of the train station is the site of this festival. Events including an onsen dance and a mikoshi festival are held.

This festival is subtitled “Light and Wind Fantasy,” welcoming you with a million beautiful flowers in 80 varieties.

This is the largest festival in Miyazaki Prefecture. Yokagura dances, taiko, local performances and kagura dance take place here, for the enjoyment of a loyal following.

Held each year at the Kagoshima Jingu Shrine on the Sunday closest to “Hatsuuma” (January 18 based on the lunar calendar), it features about 30 suzukake uma (horses decorated with bells) that perform dance steps.

People go dancing to the folk songs “Ohara-bushi” and “Han'ya-bushi” through the bustling streets. Each year about 22,000 people participate by dancing during the two-day festival.